An entire street washed out in a landslide in Baltimore Wednesday as a storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the South worked its way up the East Coast.

The road collapsed around 4pm today as the Mid-Atlantic was battered with extremely heavy rain which has left the Washington D.C. area a flooded mess. A police officer told the Baltimore Sun that he saw mud coming up through the cracks near 26th and Charles Street just before the retaining wall gave way and the street collapsed into a sinkhole. The landslide pulled cars parked on the street into the embankment below, but fire department officials don't believe anyone was injured in the incident.

Homes on the block and surrounding area have been evacuated as emergency crews are dealing with the aftermath. The landslide swept across a set of train tracks and resulted in the suspension of some CSX rail traffic.

The storm is expected to bring even more rain to the Carolinas, Maryland and Virginia through tonight, with flash flood warnings in effect for most of the evening. But it should fizzle out by Thursday, bringing an end to a four day barrage of tornadoes, thunder storms and flooding in the south which has resulted in the death of at least 37 people.

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Goodbye street: Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region

Just in time for the evening commute: The landslide in the Charles Village neighborhood wiped out a set of train tracks, causing CSX rail to suspend some service

On the edge: Two cars dangle perilously on the side of the road after the slide. Fire department officials believe no one was injured

Just hours before the landslide in Baltimore, the storm took out it's fury on the Florida panhandle and Alabama's Gulf coast, resulting in some of the worst flooding in a generation.

People were stranded in cars and homes waiting for rescuers to find a way around roads made impassable by two-foot flood waters as others abandoned vehicles to walk to safety.

Forecasters warned that a large swath of the Southeast from South Carolina to the nation's capital were still under threat of deadly hail, fierce winds and terrifying twisters into late Wednesday.

Emergency: Gas crews work to secure a natural gas leak in a Pensacola, Florida neighborhood hit hard by rains as the Florida panhandle saw the worst flooding in a generation

Horrified: People survey the damage Wednesday after their Pennsylvania neighborhood street washed away

Shut down: A Pensacola Burger King sits in flood water as a man on a motorcycle bravely drives past on Brent Lane, one of the main roads in the city that was flooded out after heavy rains and flash flooding

Unbelievable: Scenic Highway in Pensacola was completely undercut in some places after heavy rains and flash flooding

Fire rescue crews weren't able to
respond to some calls for help because of road flooding in and around
Pensacola, and one woman died when she drove her car into high water,
officials said. Boats and jet skis were moved from the beaches to the
streets, aerial rescues were planned, and the National Guard sent
high-wheeled vehicles.

‘It's
gotten to the point where we can't send EMS and fire rescue crews out
on some 911 calls because they can't get there,’ Escambia County
spokesman Bill Pearson said. ‘We've had people whose homes are flooding
and they've had to climb up to the attic.’

Some
people left their flooded cars and walked to find help on their own.
‘We have people at the police department,’ Officer Justin Cooper of the
Pensacola Police Department said. ‘They walked up here and are hanging
out until things get better.’

People survey the damage on Piedmont Street in the Cordova Park neighborhood after it washed out due to heavy rains on April 30, 2014 in Pensacola, Florida

Flood waters cover Strong Street after in PensacolaWednesday, April 30, 2014. Heavy rains and flooding have left people stranded in houses and cars in the Florida Panhandle and along the Alabama coast

Wreaking havoc: Some two feet of rain in 26 hours left the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida panhandle inundated by the worst flooding in a generation. Here, vehicles rest in the bottom of a ravine in Pensacola, a Florida panhandle city hit especially hard by the historic onslaught

Running to safety: In this photo provided by Kyle Smith, floodwaters surround Smith's home in Pensacola on Wednesday. Smith had to evacuate his home with his 18-month-old son Tuesday night after severe weather hit the Florida Panhandle, causing widespread flooding

In its wake: The horrific flooding was another blow dealt by the powerful, tornado-producing storm system that has already claimed the lives of at least 36 in hard hit states like Mississippi and Arkansas. Here, volunteers in Vilonia, Arkansas throw debris from a house destroyed in a twister onto a fire

Volunteers clean up and burn tornado debris, April 30, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas

Relentless: Dozens are dead in twister-ravaged states like Arkansas and Mississippi as the tornado-spewing storm system continued its unrelenting drive across the south, leaving a looming threat of hail, flooding and more twisters over a large swath of the Southeast to Washington, DC on Wednesday

As
much as 15 to 20 inches had fallen in Pensacola in a 24-hour period,
National Weather Service meteorologist Phil Grigsby in New Orleans said
Wednesday morning, with a few more inches expected. Grigsby said aerial
rescues were planned, and the county moved boats and jet skis from the
beaches to the streets to help. A portion of Interstate 10 north of
Pensacola and other roads were closed, and Gov. Rick Scott declared a
state of emergency for 26 counties.

‘We've
seen pictures that people are posting with water halfway up their
doors, front doors,’ Grigsby said. ‘It's going to be a big cleanup,
looks like.’

In Pensacola
Beach, people woke to violent storms, heavy rain and lightning. Standing
water could be seen on many parts of the beach, and a military vehicle
made its way through one heavily flooded neighborhood. Pensacola Naval
Air Station's hospital was closed, as was the Air Force Special
Operations center at Hurlburt Field.

Fallout: The Scenic Highway collapsed near Pensacola on Wednesday April 30 disappeared into the earth after heavy rains and the worst flooding in a generation left people stranded in houses and cars in the Florida Panhandle and along the Alabama coast

Across the Gulf Coast: A massive sink hole opened up in Mobile, Alabama last night due to persistent rain into Wednesday. The flooding stretches throughout the Gulf Coast with part of Florida under a state of emergency

'An extremely dangerous situation': The National Weather Service sent out emergency alerts that also included Alabama's Gulf Coast that

Holding on: Shani Barlov (right) rides through the flooded streets of her Pensacola neighborhood with her husband Nathan (center) and her brother Chip Walker, 16, on Wednesday. At right, a mailbox peaks above area flood waters

Steady as she goes: A vehicle sits surrounded by high water in a flood-prone area in Pensacola, where heaving rains people stranded in houses and cars Wednesday and some braving inundated roads

Stuck: A home and truck sit in flood waters in a neighborhood of Pensacola, Florida

Historic: This cell phone photo provided by Charles Wiggins shows floodwaters in a Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, where residents saw the worst flooding in a generation

Powerful: An image provided by Brantly S. Keiek shows a section of the Scenic Highway that collapsed due to heavy rain in Pensacola

Scary view: These cell phone photos provided by Jennifer Peck show floodwaters in Pensacola as seen from the West Cervantes Street bridge, Thursday, April 30, 2014. Heavy rains and flooding have left people stranded in houses and cars in the Florida Panhandle and along the Alabama coast. According to the National Weather Service, an estimated 15-20 inches of rain fell in Pensacola in 24 hours

Elsewhere, in Florida: A man walks along a flooded stretch of Mobile Highway in Beulah outside Pensacola. Florida Governor Rick Scott says officials have received about 300 requests for evacuations from flooded areas in Pensacola

Abandoned: A vehicle, surrounded waters up to the tops of its tires, sits abandoned in Beulah on a flooded stretch of highway

Danielle Brennan takes her daughter Inara, 4, for a ride in their flooded backyard on a kayak along with huskies Kevlar, left, and Khaleesi during extensive flooding on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Bay County, Florida. 'This is our first time on the kayak,' she said. 'We bought them about a month ago for Econfina, not the backyard!'

Howard Lifson rides his tractor down Ferry Road to check on his boat during flooding on the Fish River which crested to historic levels following heavy rain on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 in south Baldwin County, Alabama

Torrential rains over night and early Wednesday, April 30, 2014, turned Escambia County's Piedmont Road in the Cordova Park area, into a raging river washing away cars, stranding motorists and flooding homes

A resident looks out on the Fish River after water crested to historic levels following heavy rain on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in south Baldwin County, Alabama

Paul Schuster made an emergency run about 4 a.m. from Pensacola Beach to his mother's flooded home in nearby Gulf Breeze. The woman, 82, had to be rescued from by an emergency official in a boat, he said.

‘The water was waist high,’ he said.

The widespread flooding is the latest wallop of a storm system that still packed considerable punch days after the violent outbreak began in Arkansas and Oklahoma. At least 36 people have been killed in that storms that started Sunday and spread from Oklahoma to North Carolina.

The storms were expected to spread across portions of the East Coast, from Virginia through the Carolinas, National Weather Service meteorologist Corey Mead said. Storms could drop roughly 2 to 5 more inches of rain in areas and launch fresh tornados, Mead said.

Severe conditions may persist into Thursday, though "it looks like the weather may be quieting down as warmer, more humid air is pushed offshore by a cold front moving through the Appalachians," Mead said.

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There have been 27 confirmed weather-related deaths and more than 200 people injured across Arkansas and Mississippi, the hardest hit of six states struck by the storm system, as tornadoes reduced homes to rubble, shredded trees and launched vehicles through the air.

Deaths have also been reported in Oklahoma, Iowa, Alabama and Tennessee. The Florida Highway Patrol has reported one weather-related fatality from drowning, CNN reported on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Arkansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the White House said.

Shelters have been set up for thousands of families forced out of their homes while the National Guard, local police and residents who had lost all their possessions sifted through the rubble looking for more victims.

More than 2,000 houses and 100 commercial properties have been reported damaged.

Dangerous: The threat of high winds, hail and tornadoes continued to loom into Wednesday across much of the Southeast. Americans from South Carolina to Washington, DC faced the biggest threat of twisters

Drenched: Several inches of rain were expected--or in some places guaranteed--in much of the East on Wednesday after the Gulf Coast's record rainfall and the onslaught of tornadoes in the South

Flooding continues: Americans from the southern tip of Connecticut through the eastern Gulf Coast were warned to expect flooding through Wednesday

In Gulf Shores, Ala., where nearly 21
inches of rain fell in a day's time, the scene resembled the aftermath
of a hurricane early Wednesday. The intracoastal waterway rose so high
it reached the canal road linking the town with neighboring Orange
Beach.

At Sportsman Marina in Orange Beach, employee J.J. Andrews couldn't believe what she saw out the window Wednesday morning.

‘We've
got water up in our parking lots,’ she said. ‘Our docks are under
water. It's worse than during Hurricane Ivan, is what they're saying.
It's crazy.’

Several Alabama
shelters opened for evacuees, but some people had difficulty traveling,
with numerous roads south of Interstate 10 flooded. The Department of
Transportation said water covered parts of Alabama 59, the main road for
beach-bound tourists.

In
the inland town of Silverhill, the National Weather Service projected
the normally placid Fish River to crest above its all-time high set
during Hurricane Danny in 1997.

In Mobile, the emergency management
agency estimated that the county had performed a few dozen rescues,
mostly of people whose cars were stuck on flooded roads.

Picking up the pieces: The sun rises behind a business that was destroyed by a tornado Sunday in Mayflower, Arkansas after a number of deadly twisters ripped through the region leaving dozens dead

More to come? The same storm system that caused many Arkansans to wake up to scenes like these threatened to birth more devastating tornadoes and across the Southeast on Wednesday

Ongoing: A tornado-producing storm system that has killed at least 36 people this week continued to batter a swath of the southern United States on Wednesday with heavy rainfall, flooding and the potential for more twisters

In its path: An American flag and other debris is seen after Monday's deadly tornado passed through, on April 30, 2014 in Tupelo, Mississippi

Gone: Memree Thompson walks around what was once the garage attached to her parents home on Wednesday as she helps them salvage items after the home was destroyed on Monday by a tornado in Louisville, Mississippi

Just getting started: Two men work on an old Chevy truck that was damaged by a tornado in Mayflower, Arkansas

Helpless: James Guideen looks for personal items near the bathtub with which he shielded his wife as their house was destroyed by a tornado

Gutted: Jerry Estes surveys what is left of his kitchen after his home was hit Monday by a tornado

‘We
do have a lot of roads that are still underwater,’ Glen Brannan, plans
and operations officer for the agency, said Wednesday, but he noted that
things were improving, with the worst weather to the east of Mobile,
including Gulf Shores.

On
the eastern side of Mobile Bay in Baldwin County, crews had been
rescuing stranded people since before midnight, said Mitchell Sims,
emergency management director.

‘As
soon as we get a water rescue team in here, they're sent back out,’ he
said. ‘We're rescuing people from cars, from rooftops, from all over the
place.

‘I think we're going to be dealing with this for days. I don't know where the water's going to go. Everything is saturated.’

Over
the past four days, the storms hit especially hard in places such as
Arkansas' northern Little Rock suburbs and the Mississippi cities of
Louisville and Tupelo. Arkansas, with 15 deaths after a tornado blasted
through Sunday, and Mississippi with 12 deaths from Monday's storms,
accounted for the brunt of the death toll.

‘We
will overcome this,’ Louisville Mayor Will Hill said against a backdrop
of hundreds of damaged buildings, including two hilltop churches
pounded to rubble. ‘We're going to work together.’

Authorities
in Louisville searched until dark Tuesday for an 8-year-old boy missing
since Monday's large tornado that killed his parents and destroyed the
home where they lived. Though searchers didn't rule out finding the boy
alive, officials were describing the process as one of ‘recovery.’

Smashed to pieces: Piles of tin and broken lumber are all that remains of a chicken house at Hartness Farms after it was leveled Wednesday in Noxapater, Mississippi

Lone survivor: A surviving chicken stands amid the ruins of Wilkes Farm, an 8-chicken house operation that was leveled in Noxapater, Mississippi, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The farm raises broilers for Tyson and each house has 28, 500 chickens

Raging: Debris burns in front of a destroyed house in Vilonia, Arkansas, after volunteers helped the owner remove belongings Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday

Starting to heal: Along stretches of damaged houses the humble town of Vilonia, Arkansas, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets

After days of storm destruction, some didn't take any chances late Tuesday with yet more tornado watches.

Simon
Turner and her 7-year-old son, Christopher, scrambled to a shelter in
Tuscaloosa, Ala., after hearing that a tornado watch had been issued
around that city.

Frightened
by memories of a killer tornado that partly demolished Tuscaloosa three
years ago, the Turners had opted for refuge in a school with a
reinforced hallway. ‘We'll be here till they say it's OK to leave,’
Turner said before the all-clear came.

The
dead Monday included University of Alabama swimmer John Servati, who
authorities say took shelter in the basement of a home when a retaining
wall collapsed. Servati was a business major on the dean's list.

Some survived or died amid split-second decisions.

William
Quinn, 25, and others dove under the gap beneath a house in Mars Hill,
Miss., seconds before a tornado blew heavily damaged the home and
sheared off the roofs of nearby poultry houses. He called his decision
‘a spur of the moment thing.’

But
in the southern Tennessee community of Fayetteville, a married couple
was killed Monday in a tornado after returning to their mobile home
after mistakenly believing the danger had passed, a neighbor said.
Authorities identified the victims as John Prince, 60, and his wife
Karen, 44.

‘We pulled up,
and were in shocked seeing our own home. But then we saw Karen's father,
and he said 'John and Karen are gone — They didn't make it,' recalled
neighbor Tiffani Danner. She had left and came back to find her own home
destroyed as well.

Jodi Walls pushes a box of belongings out of a friend's house while cleaning up after a large tornado made its way along Clayton Ave in Tupelo, Mississippi on Monday

Devastated region: Larry Smith's camper shelter near Stedman, North Carolina was destroyed after a possible tornado passed by his house Tuesday. At least five counties in eastern North Carolina reported tornadoes on Tuesday

Crushed dreams: A large tree is seen resting on a car after a tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi on Monday

Razed neighborhoods: Power line crew work around collapsed buildings after a tornado hit Pearl, Mississippi in a region where a ferocious storm has razed neighborhoods with terrible twisters this week

Twisted metal: The southern United States over the last three days bore the brunt of the storm that threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the South on Tuesday and even through Wednesday

Touched by tragedy: North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, foreground left, and members of his party dodge debris left after a tornado struck the mobile home where Ray Harvey lives, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 near the town of Stedman